Welcome to Sunnyside

Welcome to Sunnyside Intermediate School!

Our School, Our Community, and Our Educational Programs

Lafayette Sunnyside Intermediate School is located in the
heart of beautiful Lafayette, Indiana between a major research institution and a booming manufacturing corridor. In the Fall of 2010 after a complete
building renovation was concluded, all 5th and 6th graders for the Lafayette School Corporation began attending
Sunnyside. These students attend Tecumseh Junior High for 7th and 8th grade and then Jefferson High School.

Beginning in the Fall of 2014, LSIS became a mobile 1:1
Apple iPad school, meaning every student and faculty member is equipped
with an iPad for learning. Our STEM teachers instruct students with integrated Math
and Science while the Humanities teachers instruct with integrated Language Arts and
Social Studies. A student's schedule includes two main core intructional
periods in the school day to effectively implement the curriculum.

All students are enrolled in our nationally recognized PE classes for one class period every other day. 5th graders receive additional instruction in Art, Keyboarding, Health, and
Music, as well as a remediation/enrichment Advisory Period. 6th grade students have the option of Band, Choir, Orchestra, or Academic
Support tin addition to their Art, Computer Applications, and
Health courses. Our 5th grade Exploratory Music course is
especially unique: students spend time in orchestra, band, and
choir. They have the opportunity to learn to play each of the major
instrument groups during this time and are then able to make a more
informed decision regarding their 6th grade performing arts
options. Mandarin Chinese has also been a recent addition to the
curriculum, with a native speaker teaching the language and
culture. Within all of these courses, the needs of exceptional learners
are addressed and met, whether emotionally disabled, learning disabled,
gifted and talented, or severely disabled: we have courses and staff
members that meet the needs of each child.

Sunnyside offers a special education program with the students fully
included in regular academic classes or taking special education classes
or a combination thereof. Sunnyside also offers a self-contained
emotionally handicap placement and houses the Greater Lafayette Area
Special Services class for the mild to severe handicap
program. Sunnyside offers a full core subject gifted and talented
program at both grade levels. Students may be selected to participate in
a full or partial gifted and talented curriculum.

As mentioned previously, Sunnyside underwent an “extreme
makeover.” The old academic wing and office areas from the 1950s was
demolished and replaced with a state of the art facility. Each classroom
is equipped with an interactive whiteboard, AppleTV, teacher and student desktop computers, and a sound amplification system. In
August of 2013, Sunnyside gained full WiFi capabilities to prepare for
additional technologies in the coming future. In addition, we have a digital learning lab/"makerspace" available for use by classroom teachers, as well as mobile laptop labs. Two other computer labs house our keyboarding and
computer applications courses.

The rooms and hallways at Sunnyside are bright, open, and welcoming. Our
art room and library feature stunning floor to ceiling windows that
enhance the learning environment. The portion of the building that was
kept during construction also received a remarkable facelift. The
building retained two gyms and a full theater auditorium. The band,
choir, and orchestra rooms were completely renovated and classrooms in
the basement were brightened, rearranged, and brought up to the standard
of the rest of the building.

The community of Lafayette places a high value on education and
Purdue University, a nationally known engineering, agriculture and
liberal arts college, is located nearby. Sunnyside students benefit
greatly from Purdue’s proximity as Sunnyside is a proud Purdue
Professional Development School partner which allows university students
and researchers to interact with and enrich our educational
programming.